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Police: Murders down 50 percent from January 2013
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 02 feb 2014 | MICHAEL LANSU

Posted on 02/02/2014 7:48:46 AM PST by rellimpank

Chicago had half as many murders in January 2014 compared to the first month of 2013.

Police reported 20 killings in the month, which had 11 days of subzero temperature and was one of the coldest months in recent years.

“The superintendent has said weather is a factor, but its not the only factor,” said Chicago Police spokesman Adam Collins. “It neither causes nor prevents crime.”

Overall, Chicago had 50 percent fewer killings than it did in January 2013, when 40 people were murdered; 47 percent fewer slayings than January 2012, when 38 people were killed; and a 29 percent decrease from January 2011, when 28 people were murdered, police said.

(Excerpt) Read more at homicides.suntimes.com ...


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21 posted on 02/02/2014 9:26:35 AM PST by RedMDer (Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
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To: DocJhn
"The bodies are prob still frozen and not surfaced yet!..."

.... Very good point!!! Also .... Due to budget cuts .... the FBEU (Frozen Body Extraction Unit) was shuttered and closed down ... so now they have to wait until spring thaw for them to surface! Look for a massive increase in the body count come spring!

22 posted on 02/02/2014 9:27:16 AM PST by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: carriage_hill
Exactly.

Every summer we're treated to hand-wringing stories about the effect of the long, hot summer on the feral population.

23 posted on 02/02/2014 9:32:05 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
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To: rellimpank

Let’s wait and see if warmer weather brings things back to “normal.” My guess is that “the superintendent” will be eating his words by April. By December we will probably see that the number is up ten percent from last year.


24 posted on 02/02/2014 9:33:06 AM PST by vette6387
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To: rellimpank

Speaking of taglines, why does yours limit it to guns and explosives?


25 posted on 02/02/2014 9:33:27 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: null and void

—yep—I’ve sometimes made the comment that I could leave off the firearms and explosives part—


26 posted on 02/02/2014 10:03:47 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: rellimpank

I think it should stay, but I’d be tempted to go with::

—don’t believe anything the media or government says, especially about firearms or explosives—


27 posted on 02/02/2014 10:10:52 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: rellimpank

Well, this is definite proof that global warming causes firearm deaths, not the firearms themselves.


28 posted on 02/02/2014 10:35:48 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: umgud
Just how many ccw's do you think will actually be issued in Chicago? And, what restrictions will be placed on the new holders?

As of a few days ago, 33,631 CCW applications have been submitted in Illinois (8,000 from Chicago), and the first licenses should actually start being issued in March.

Chicago might drag its feet in issuing licenses to Chicago residents, but that won't stop commuters from carrying (at least the ones who drive in -- you can't carry on public transportation, or a number of other places).

29 posted on 02/02/2014 10:47:45 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: rellimpank

Cheers to the Polar Vortex....saved more black children’s lives in 31 days than Obama has in 50 YEARS!


30 posted on 02/02/2014 10:55:20 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Now we need some hi-cap polar vortexes.


31 posted on 02/02/2014 11:17:24 AM PST by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
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To: rellimpank

When half the people LEAVE your town ......duuh, the Crime goes down.

Half million population towns don’t have as much crime as million population towns.


32 posted on 02/02/2014 11:25:00 AM PST by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: rellimpank

Their aim is worse in extremely cold weather.


33 posted on 02/02/2014 1:06:07 PM PST by Know et al (Spill chick want ketch awl yore miss takes.)
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To: rellimpank

So 50 percent of what hugh number?


34 posted on 02/02/2014 2:33:42 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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